Toy and advertising device



(No Model.)

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TOY AND ADVERTISING DEVICE. No. 464,679. Patented Deo. 8, 18971.

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FRANK Il. SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOY AND ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,679, dated December 8, 1891.

Application filed May 28, 1891- Serial No. 394,383. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. SMITH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Toy and Advertising Device, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are intended to amuse and instruct both the young and adults of bot-h sexes in the acquirement of useful knowledge and can be used at the same time for advertising purposes.

My object is to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive device which can be readily understood by the general public and which will give results not heretofore attained by anything of the kind yet introduced. I attain these objects by the following-described mechanism, in which- Figurel is a front elevation Fig. 2, a righthand elevation of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line c d, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 a transverse section on line a b, Fig. l. Figs. 5 and G show the operative mechanism of Fig. 4, but in different positions to illustrate manner of operation. It will be noticed in all the sections that the greater part of the operative mechanism is shown in elevation.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A is the case for containing the greater part of the mechanism and to the outside of which advertisements are attached.

B is a glass case, usually made of one piece, and is provided with rounded ends and top, and is secured to case A by means of a raised flange e or any other suitable means.

Vithin case B are rods C, placed in a vertical direction and having their lower ends attached firmly to the top A of case A and their top ends inserted in holes made in the inside top of glass case B. Rods C act as guards to separate the length of case B into divisions, there being two or more of these divisions, as is found necessary.

The top of case A is perforated with holes f to suit the number of plungers D to be used in any given device of this construction, for in these holes the plungers arefitted so as to have a vertical sliding movement, as will be shown. The lower ends of the plungers are fitted in holes through a longitudinal guidepiece E, whose ends are firmly attached to theinside ends of case A at g and h. Forming the top ends of plungers D is a small table F, placed on a slight inclination from a right angle with the length of plungers D, Fig. 4. Near the center of length of plungers D is a pin c', against which the top end of a spring j presses, the lower end of the spring bearing against the top of guide-plate E, and thus operating to hold the plungers upward with the pins k at their lower end Vagainst the rubber washer l, which contacts against the lower side of guide-plate E. Part of the upper halves of plungersD is slotted longitudinally entirely through the plungers, and in the slots are pivoted elbow-levers G, one lever to each plunger.

In front of plungers Dis a fiat piece of metal H, Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, which acts as a wiperjl and which name l will hereinafter term it. This wiper has round journals affixed to it at each end, which turn in bearings through the ends of case A. At the right-hand end, Figs. l and 3, the journal is prolonged, ending in a thumb-nut I,Which can be grasped by the fingers to revolve the wiper. The short arm m of elbow-lever G projects forward toward the revol-uble flat wiper H sufficient to permit the edges n or o thereof to engage short arm m when the wiper is revolved. There is a spring p whose lower end is attached to the end of case A inside, and the top end thereof bears against the wiperpiece H,'Figs. 3 and 4, causing H to stand in a vertical direction when not being operated.

There is a series of slide-buttons J, one but.- ton for each plunger D, and these buttons have a position in front of each plunger, and their downward-projecting shanks D operate in transverse slots D, V'which are cut through the top A of case A from near the front of the top backward. To the lower end of the shank of each button, inside of case A, is pivotall y secured a short rod K, whose rear end is pivotally attached to the top end of elbowlevers G, Fig. 4.

To the right-hand end of the case A, inside and at the rear near the top, is pivotally secured at q a lever L, whose top end projects up through a transverse slot in the top of case A, and to the lower end of this lever L is firmly attached a rod M, which extends almost the length of case A inside in a horizon- IOC tal direction until it is near the opposite end ot the case, where it is bent upward to form a crank M of the same length as lever L from its pivotal center to where rod M is secured, the extreme end of the rod being bent again to form a journal which operates in a hole in the end of case A directly opposite the pivotal center q of lever L. By this construction rod M is caused to vibrate in unison with lever L similar to the wrist-pin of a double crank, the rod M vibrating far enough from its pivotal centers to contact with the rear of elbowslevers G, for the purpose as will be shown.

Upon the top of tables F above plungers D are cubes N, one cube to each table; but these cubes can be substituted by bodies of some other conformity, il necessary. In this case, however, the cubes shown are to be marked with letters of the alphabet on their six faces, and the cubes so disposed relative to each other as to spell various words, or the cubes can be marked with words to i'orm sentences and be operated in the manner as will be described.

Then letters are used, the cube in the first division at the right, Fig. l, is marked with letters which will spell words of two letters with the cube in the second division, the third cube marked to spell words with cubes numbers 011e and two of three letters, and with cube number four words having four letters, and so on with any additional cubes, for it is intended to have in practice not less than six divisions, so that six cubes can be used. In operation the thumb-nut I is turned to the right, which causes the wiper-piece Il to revolve in the direction of the arrow, Figs. Li and 5, until the outer edge n or o contacts' with the short arms on. of elbow-levers G, which motion, if continued, will press the plungers downward against the upward pressure of the springsj until the edge of piece I-I by its circular motion disengagcs from the arm in, when by the action of springsj the plungers will be suddenly forced upward until arrested by the pins 7.; contacting with the rubber washers Z, and in the meantime the cubes N will be projected suddenly above tables F against the rounded top of glass case B and turned so that when they fall back upon the tables almost any one of the six faces ofthe cube will be at the top to be read. By giving thethumb-nutl one-half turn the cubes on all the tables are caused to jump upward,strike the top of case B,andfall again to tables F; but should it be necessary, say, in a device havingr either eight or twelve cubes, to spell words of a less number of letters than the whole number of cubes, the cubes not in use can be cut out, or the plungers which bounce them upward can be made inoperative by simply pushing buttons .I backward, which causes elbow-levers G, through rod K, to take a position shown in Fig. 6, and its short arm m held out of the reach of the edges n or 0 of wiper Il, when it is revolved. Either one or any num ber of the cubes can be cut out in this manner by each plunger being furnished with a cut-out button J. Any separate plunger can again be thrown into action by simply pulling its button forward again, so that the short arm m of elbow-lever G can be contacted by the edges of piece Il. lf it is necessary to slide forward all the cutout buttons at once, it can be done by pressing backward from left to right, Fig. 2, upon the top of lever L, which will cause the rod M within case A to vibrate forward and contact with every elbowlever G in the series which is thrown back in the position shown in Fig. 6, when a further pressure backward on lever L will force all the levers G upto the posit-ion shown in Fig. 4, when lever L can be released and by gravity rod M will fall back to the position shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 4 shows plainly the inclined position of table F. When the cube N is bounced to the top of case B, it will strike in an inclined position, as shown by the dotted lines at the top of case B, which will be more likely to cause the cube to turn wholly or partially over than if table F had a horizontal position.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

l. In the device-hereinbefore described, one or more verticali y-operatin g plungers D, cubes N, imposed upon the top or tables of said plungers, said cubes operated within a case B, said case having a separate compartment for each cube, an elbow-lever G, pivoted to each plunger, a-revolving wiper H, operating against one of the arms of said elbow-lever to draw said plungers downward, a spring j, operating said plungers upward, and the other arm of said elbow-levers connected with a push or slide button J, for the purpose substantially as described.

2. In the device hereinbefore described, in combination with vertically-operating plungers D, the top or inclined tables F of said plungers, and cubes N, resting upon said tables, said cubes operated within case B by plungers D against the rounded top of said case, for the purpose described.

In the device hereinbefore described, one or more verticallyeoperating plungers D, cubes N, imposed upon the top or tables of said plungers, said cubes operated within a case B, an elbowdever G, pivoted to each plunger, a revolving wiper II, operating against one ot' the arms of said elbow-levers, as described', to draw said plungers downward, a springj, operating said plungers upward, and the other arm of said elbow-levers connected with a push or slide button J, all the elbow-levers G in the series capable of being operated by the described and pivoted rod M, said rod operated by lever L, in the manner and for the purpose described.

FRANK Il. SMITH.

NVitnesses:

A. ERNEST KNIGHT, L. W. CUMMINS.

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